Jacob Owens was my great grand father on my grandmothers side and although not a Ritchie he is one of the few of my ancestors that I have so far managed to find any records for. Born in 1853 in Kilmarnock, Ayreshire, Scotland he was married three times. This is him with his third wife Anne-Jane McKenna. Jacob's first wife was Catherine(formally McGeachy), she was from Ayr in Ayreshire, Scotland and in the 1881Census they are recorded living at 68 Fore Street, Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland with two children Jacob aged 5 and Margaret aged 9 months. In 1891 the Census of that year has them living at 4 Lyons Street, Glasgow with their three children, Jacob(15 years, a bread van boy), Catherine(5 years) and Rachel(3 months), there is no record of Margaret. Jacob was employed as a warehouse packer and still was in 1901 when that years Census records the family living at 53 Carntyne Road, Dennistown, Glasgow, though Jacob's wife is now dead and his son has left home.

Shortly after the death of his first wife Jacob married Sarah Armstrong, of Scotstown, Co.Monaghan, Ireland. Sarah was my great grandmother. They had a daughter Margaret who was my grandmother. Jacob married his third wife, Anne-Jane McKenna, on the 21st April 1913 in Glasgow. Jacob was 60 years old while his wife was only 28 years old. Sarah Armstrong my great grandmother,and Anne-Jane McKenna were aunt and niece.